Udder Health Management: Share your views

All responses to this survey are completely anonymous. We will not request any personal information from you and none of your responses will be connected to identifying information.

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* 1. Whereabouts are you located?

North West

North East

Midlands

Wales

South East

South West

North Scotland

South Scotland

Ireland

Northern Ireland

Other (please specify)

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* 2. What is your current herd size (including milking and dry cows)?

0-100

100-300

300-500

500+

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* 3. How do you monitor mastitis on farm (tick all that apply)

I don’t have a formal monitoring process

I regularly review treatment records

I analyse mastitis cases with my vet

I perform on-farm mastitis milk sample culture (12-24hr)

I regularly send samples off for laboratory bacterial culture and sensitivity on mastitis milk samples (24-48hr)

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Which of the below is the greatest cause of mastitis on your farm?

Infection from the environment during the dry period

Infection from the environment during lactation

Contagious cow to cow transmission (e.g. in the parlour)

Don’t know/haven’t investigated

Other (please specify)

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* 5. Do you use internal teat sealant at dry off?

Yes

Yes, but not on all cows
How do you decide which cows do receive teat sealant?

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* 6. How important are the following when choosing an internal teat sealant?
(Please order the options below from 1=Most important, to 8=least important)

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* 7. Are you currently practicing antibiotic selective dry cow therapy (SDCT)

Yes, only the minority (<50%) get selected for antibiotic treatment

Yes, but the majority (>50%) still get antibiotic treatment

No, I use blanket antibiotic treatment but need/ want to start SDCT

No, I use antibiotic dry cow treatment on all cows

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* 8. Which dry cow antibiotic product do you use?

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* 9. How do you decide which antibiotic tube to use when treating cases of clinical mastitis?

Screening of samples throughout the year

Most broad spectrum tube to cover all possibilities

Always stick with the same product

Price

Vet recommendation

Other (please specify)

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* 10. Do you routinely administer painkiller/anti-inflammatory as part of your standard treatment protocol for clinical mastitis?

Yes

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* 11. Are there any aspects of mastitis control that you feel you would benefit from further education on?

Control of dry period infection

Control of lactation origin infection

Treatment of mastitis

Where to start with Selective Dry Cow Therapy

Selective Dry Cow Therapy, the next steps

Managing heifer mastitis

Administration of internal teat sealant

Financial impact of mastitis

Other (please specify)

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* 12. How would you like to receive that education?

Pre-recorded online training course

Online live meeting

One-to-one training with your vet

Farmer meeting/Farm Walk

At Shows/events

Other (please specify)

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* 13. We'd like to share the responses to our survey with your vet practice, all responses are anonymous and will be provided to help them better support your business. If you are happy to do so, please share your vet practice name below

Udder Health Management: Share your views

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* 1. Whereabouts are you located?

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* 2. What is your current herd size (including milking and dry cows)?

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* 3. How do you monitor mastitis on farm (tick all that apply)

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* 4. Which of the below is the greatest cause of mastitis on your farm?

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* 5. Do you use internal teat sealant at dry off?

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* 6. How important are the following when choosing an internal teat sealant?(Please order the options below from 1=Most important, to 8=least important)

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* 7. Are you currently practicing antibiotic selective dry cow therapy (SDCT)

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* 8. Which dry cow antibiotic product do you use?

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* 9. How do you decide which antibiotic tube to use when treating cases of clinical mastitis?

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* 10. Do you routinely administer painkiller/anti-inflammatory as part of your standard treatment protocol for clinical mastitis?

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* 11. Are there any aspects of mastitis control that you feel you would benefit from further education on?

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* 12. How would you like to receive that education?

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* 13. We'd like to share the responses to our survey with your vet practice, all responses are anonymous and will be provided to help them better support your business. If you are happy to do so, please share your vet practice name below

* 6. How important are the following when choosing an internal teat sealant?
(Please order the options below from 1=Most important, to 8=least important)